We are leaving Novell Netware for (mostly) FreeBSD and Red Hat. My guys consider RH's tech support underwhelming. The FreeBSD support isn't bad.
Novell's tech support for Netware was fantastic. I don't know how their Linux support is.
I just prefer to solve things myself - I feel like I learn more that way - and hate not being able to. Then again, beating my head against the wall all day for something someone else can fix in 30 seconds isn't much fun, either.
really? I have has really good experiences with them, what level of support do you have? I get someone on the phone right off the bat and they are pretty knowledgable guys.
Then again, beating my head against the wall all day for something someone else can fix in 30 seconds isn't much fun, either.
Thats what I do in development..
ncpfs - Tools for Accessing Novell File Systems
With this program you can mount Netware-server file systems under Linux. You can even print Linux documents on printers attached to a Novell server.
km_novfs - Novell Client kernel module
Novell Client kernel module
km_nss - Novell Storage Services (NSS) Kernel Modules
This package contains the kernel loadable modules for Novell Storage Services (NSS). The NSS file storage and management system provides an easy, reliable, and secure way to organize, consolidate, and manage data for your enterprise. NSS includes many unique and powerful file system capabilities, such as Visibility, Trustee Access control model, multiple simultaneous namespace support, native Unicode, User and Directory quotas, rich file attributes, multiple data stream support, Event File Lists, and a file salvage sub-system. It is especially suited for managing shared file services for any size organization, scaling management of the system for even the largest of organizations with hundreds of thousands of employees.
marsnwe - Novell Server Emulation
This program provides complete emulation of a Novell server. It supports file-service, bindery-service, print-service, and routing-service. Your kernel has to be configured according to /usr/share/doc/packages/marsnwe/INSTALL.
ifolder3 - File Sharing and Collaboration Tool
The iFolder Project is a project focused on file sharing and collaboration, released under the GPL and supporting the iFolder 3 protocol from Novell.
And of course NDS is available on Linux as well so you could maintain your directory services tree. And while I can't comment on tech support for openSuSE, since I've been able to answer all of my questions from either their own SuSE portal, or the net at large, I believe the SELS and SELD are serviced by Novell.
Just a thought.